hisashiburi minna-san!!

it’s been a while since i last posted here…

now, i’m gonna start blabbing about the amazing opening ceremony of the 2008 beijing olympics being held in beijing, china right now… everyone cheers for their bets and everybody’s so excited to know who’ll bag the the most gold medals in the end!

we all know that an olympic event shouldn’t start without a dramatic opening ceremony… this time around in beijing, ‘dramatic’ was not even the word to describe the whole event… it was both earth-shaking and hair-raising! much like the catastrophe that happened in sichuan, china… but of couse, in the most positive side of it…

yes, words were not enough to express how grandiose everything came to be… the 2008 drummers who administered the countdown to the opening were my favorite… well, the torch lighting was also dramatic, to the point that i literally cried a few tears when the cauldron was finally lit… but of course, nothing beats the combined ancient chinese percussions and modern lighting system during the countdown — both in roman numbers and chinese characters… i can’t imagine how 2008 men could actually move in unison to create such fantastic performance…

the costumes… my gawd!! they were to die for… the silk dresses… eveything was (to quote Zohan) silky smooth! … the costume designs really showed how innovative the chinese are… the props used were also larger than life… the scroll and globe were very very very very impressive… everyone and everything are flying, jumping, walking, crawling, dancing, turning, and more!.

i was not surprised though when i knew that the renowned director, zhang yimou, was behind the huge production… for a moment, i thought: "isn’t it amazing to see a live crouching tiger, hidden dragon exhibition in front of millions of earthlings in one gigantic dome?"… honestly, this is my first time to see an olympic opening ceremony (full-length… well, not actually)… i was totally overwhelmed with joy… i may be over-acting but at that point when that former gymnast was skywalking towards the big olympic torch and was finally lighting it, i prayed and thanked God for giving me the chance to witness such spectacle…

for those people who were lucky enough to enter the bird’s nest at that ceremony, it must have been the happiest and most memorable time of their lives… i’m thinking specially of that person to get the last coveted ticket available before they announced they were all sold out the last week of july… i read over the internet that people were literally killing each other just to get hold of one… even i, just to get one, would actually gun down whoever comes my way!!! eheheheh… just joking!! i’d rather ogle on tv, i’d get a better perspective. coz, you know what, even if i did get a ticket, i still couldn’t go coz i couldn’t afford a PLANE ticket!! times like these, a kinton cloud would be useful… wahahahaha…

i am sooo envious with those lucky ones… personally, i believe that getting in would be better than getting married to your first love, better than being crowned as miss universe, or maybe even better than actually setting foot on the moon… i think, seeing people from 204 countries around the globe is like being ONE with the WORLD… it’s like conquering boundaries and uniting as brothers and sisters… no war, simply love and peace! ONE WORLD, ONE DREAM! GO PHILIPPINES!!

now, i compiled a few videos from youtube for you to see… the whole world must have seen them by now… but i think watching once would be such a disgrace… go on, feast on them!

1) countdown = percussions

http://www.youtube.com/v/e3zHKXdoXlQ&hl=en&fs=1

2) torch lighting

http://www.youtube.com/v/BRgKITFKtb0&hl=en&fs=1

3) scroll

http://www.youtube.com/v/TFHNHR9jYiI&hl=en&fs=1

4) slideshow; philippine delegates on 7:20

http://www.youtube.com/v/42n5yB89qTA&hl=en&fs=1

5) slideshow with theme song

http://www.youtube.com/v/D5KbloCv4UQ&hl=en&fs=1

6) fireworks

http://www.youtube.com/v/JFgCGuYVmG0&hl=en&fs=1

7) zhang yimou

http://www.youtube.com/v/ZJdhbDD3iJw&hl=en&fs=1